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KOEKingdom of Ends

A life of your own. A world to share.

Two trios. Six distinct lives. Songs that begin with what matters to a person—and follow it into the world we make together.

KOE Bloom ↓KOE Pulse ↓
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NariRinSenaJaeIvoLeon

01 / Dance-pop / R&B / UK garage

KOE Bloom

Growing into a life of your own.

Nari, Rin, and Sena sing about choosing a direction, finding words, friendship, envy, and rest. Light grooves leave room for feelings that do not resolve on cue. Each wants something of her own; being together means learning how those wants can share a stage.

Meet the members ↓
KOE Bloom — Unfinished Sunday
Unfinished Sunday
Nari — KOE Bloom

Nari

Movement · found sound

Quick to move. Learning when to pause.

A dance-studio assistant who grew up among the bells and tools of a family repair shop. She hears a beat in almost anything, and wants a small studio where different bodies can find their own way to move.

A little more of the story

She loves winning and making people laugh, but a popular clip once made her feel she had to stay cheerful forever. She is learning to keep a movement she likes even when it earns no applause—and to ask before speaking for “us.” Offstage, she collects odd sounds, gets lost, and listens to slow old songs.

“Don’t record yet. Let me try a move that might not look good.”
Rin — KOE Bloom

Rin

Words · a voice of her own

Careful with a sentence. Curious about yours.

A visual-communication student who writes poems, makes zines, and helps friends with lyrics. When a school performance rewrote her poem’s ending but kept her name on it, she began asking what it means to sign her own words.

A little more of the story

Observant, precise, and quietly funny, she dreams of a monthly little magazine. She can hear disagreement as an attempt to take over, and sometimes withdraws before others can answer. She is learning to stay in the conversation without giving up her own yes or no. She saves tickets and will defend an unfashionable song at length.

“I disagree with that line. Finish your thought—I want to know why you like it.”
Sena — KOE Bloom

Sena

Melody · making room

Brings everyone together. Wants a turn, too.

A music-production student who organizes small live nights. Moving often taught her how to join a new room and make it welcoming. Her dream is a whole show of her own, from the song order to the lights, with songs strangers can sing together.

A little more of the story

Warm, organized, and ambitious, she once put a friend’s name on a surprise-show poster without asking. She is learning that an invitation needs an answer, and that caring for others can include naming what she wants. She loves extravagant musicals, sketches seating plans for fun, and occasionally travels with no itinerary at all.

“I really want you there. But I’ll wait for your answer before I print the poster.”

How they came together

They met at an open creative day: Nari brought a beat, Rin questioned a lyric beginning with “we,” and Sena suggested a rehearsal. A disagreement over posting their first clip made the collaboration real: they had to ask what each had actually agreed to.

Songs so far

  1. 01

    My Time, My Turn

    Choosing your own pace

  2. 02

    Off the Scoreboard

    Joy beyond the ranking

  3. 03

    In My Own Words

    Words you can put your name to

  4. 04

    Save Me a Dance

    A place for the one who organizes

  5. 05

    Meet Me Again

    Friendship that makes room for change

  6. 06

    Take It Upstairs

    Finding who can change the decision

  7. 07

    Happy for You

    Envy and friendship in the same heart

  8. 08

    Unfinished Sunday

    A day that owes no proof of its worth

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02 / Hip-hop / breakbeats / industrial percussion

KOE Pulse

A beat strong enough to question the rules.

Jae, Ivo, and Leon meet the same city from different positions: living under rules, designing them, and organizing change. Rap, heavy percussion, and forceful choreography carry questions about power, whose experience counts, and how institutions can be changed by the people within them.

Meet the members ↓
KOE Pulse — Who Wrote the Rules?
Who Wrote the Rules?
Jae — KOE Pulse

Jae

Rhythm · life on the schedule

A sharp beat. A life he can plan.

A temporary warehouse worker who dances and writes after his shifts. When refusing sudden overtime meant receiving fewer assignments, he found that neither the manager nor the platform would take responsibility. He wants time he can count on—and evening dance classes ordinary workers can attend.

A little more of the story

Direct, competitive, and fast to act, he once shared a coworker’s schedule to prove a point without asking permission. His challenge is to speak forcefully while letting others choose the risks they take. He ranks convenience-store midnight snacks, wants to win even a playful dance battle, and has a weakness for tender old love songs.

“You said I could refuse. Why are there no shifts after I do?”
Ivo — KOE Pulse

Ivo

Synths · the choices inside a system

He wrote a field. Someone was left out.

A software student who makes backing tracks and synth sounds for small shows. While helping build a cultural-grant screening tool, he saw how the categories he chose excluded existing community work. Even the appeal form repeated the same barriers.

A little more of the story

Quiet, exacting, and dryly funny, he wants tools people can question and change, and an album he can produce from beginning to end. He is learning to hear experiences before they fit his categories, and to answer for his design decisions. Away from the screen: old synthesizers, terrible puns, and unusually serious experiments with failed bread recipes.

“This system didn’t grow by itself. I added that field.”
Leon — KOE Pulse

Leon

Melody · who gets to speak

A voice that gathers people. Learning to listen.

A small-show organizer, melody writer, and part-time singing teacher. Asked to smooth away his accent for the stage, he began asking whose voices a city makes room for. He wants a lasting music space where different ways of creating can coexist—and a stage career of his own.

A little more of the story

Confident and persuasive, he once put people’s names on a joint statement before they had read it. He is learning to leave room for other proposals and representatives, including people who disagree with him. He loves lavish musicals, keeps organizing football matches despite his modest skills, and waters his plants a little too often.

“When I say ‘we,’ who hasn’t had a chance to speak?”

How they came together

A benefit performance brought them together. Jae arrived with a verse about shifts, Ivo with the story of a screening tool, and Leon with a plan for the venue. They argued over whose names a lyric could use. Keeping all three voices became their reason to keep making music.

Songs so far

  1. 01

    Who Wrote the Rules?

    A rule can have an author—and a revision

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Kingdom of Ends

Each person has ends of their own.

KOE takes its name from the Kingdom of Ends. In the Self-as-an-End tradition, each person has purposes, judgments, and a life of their own. Shared life asks us to make room for those purposes—and to question arrangements that turn people into instruments.

Bloom begins with everyday feelings and relationships. Pulse follows the question into systems, power, and institutional change. Their members can be mistaken, ambitious, jealous, caring, or uncertain. Their stories continue because there is more to a person than the point a song makes.

Explore everyday life ↗Read the philosophy ↗

An original virtual music project by Han Qin. All six performers and their biographies are fictional. Music and visuals are made with AI tools, alongside human-led character development, lyric writing, creative direction, selection, and editing. The shared 3D visual language stays consistent; styling changes with each song.